OriginPossibly from Vulgar Latin *tastō, *tastāre, from taxitō, frequentative of Late Latin taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Venetan tastar, Italian tastare, Catalan and Occitan tastar, Old French taster, Sicilian tastari.
- transitiveto feel, probe, touch
Formstastâ(infinitive) · tastânt(gerund) · tastât(masculine, participle, past, singular) · tastâts(masculine, participle, past, plural) · tastâde(feminine, participle, past, singular) · tastâdis(feminine, participle, past, plural) · o tasti(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · tu tastis(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · al(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · e taste(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · o tastìn(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · o tastais(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · a tastin(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · o tastavi(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · tu tastavis(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · al(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · e tastave(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · o tastavin(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · o tastavis(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · a tastavin(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person)
Source: Wiktionary